Universe Today Podcast

In this interview, I'm talking with Heidi Newberg. Her team won a NIAC grant that will investigate building a telescope that will be hunting for Earth-like worlds. The project is called DICER, which stands for Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday🌌 Milky Way @ home: https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/👉 More about the NIAC project: https://www.universetoday.com/160089/if-an-earthlike-planet-is-within-30-light-years-this-space-telescope-will-find-it/00:00 Intro01:22 How hard it is to observe the Milky Way05:28 Mindset shift in Astronomy07:56 NIAC idea: Telescope Design16:00 Fancy Physics22:50 Targets for the telescope39:10 Next steps42:38 Milky Way @ home47:35 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/VLsWeMYh7fQ📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

How does Venus hold its atmosphere without a magnetosphere? Is the Sun moving to the Milky Way's centre? What happens when the space elevator cable snaps? Can we solve the Hubble Tension? All this and more in this week's Q&A!🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Start00:47 [Tatooine] How does Venus hold its atmosphere without a magnetosphere?03:58 [Coruscant] Which is the best target for the Solar Gravitational Lens telescope?06:40 [Hoth] Why aren't there more launch complexes near the equator?10:00 [Naboo] Should you use 'microgravity' instead of 'zero gravity'?11:37 [Kamino] How does the Milky Way look from the ISS?13:03 [Bespin] Why doesn't Jupiter catch fire if it's flammable gas?15:28 [Mustafar] Will I ever go to space? 18:33 [Alderaan] Is the Sun moving to the Milky Way's centre?20:55 [Dagobah] What happens when the space elevator cable snaps?22:58 [Yavin] How does time dilation change interstellar flights?25:18 [Mandalore] Why don't we make space probes more definitive?29:43 [Geonosis] What is my favourite recent Sci-Fi novel?31:30 [Corellia] Have I ever seen a UFO?32:23 [Crait] Can we solve the Hubble Tension? 34:39 [Endor] How weight changes on top of Mount Everest?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/iZVuydCw5qc📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

Can there be habitable planets orbiting around red dwarfs? My guest, Mariano Battistuzzi, performed experiments to check it! So, can life survive in the conditions created by red dwarf stars? Let's find out in this interview.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro00:55 How bad are red dwarfs for life04:20 Experiments to test habitability13:10 Potential ecosystems near red dwarfs18:57 Biosignatures to look for 21:20 Other extreme places24:10 What's next📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/p8X_qrtxPm8📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

The official verdict on Artemis 1. Canadian kids discovered something NASA didn’t know. Was there a Dark Big Bang? The next bright comet for 2024.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro00:11 SLS Good For Humans. Artemis 2 in 2024https://www.nasa.gov/feature/analysis-confirms-successful-artemis-i-moon-mission-reviews-continue02:23 Canadian Kids Discover Things About Space NASA Didn’t Know03:58 Dark Big Banghttps://www.universetoday.com/160285/the-universe-may-have-started-with-a-dark-big-bang/07:05 China’s Huge 10-meter Fuel Tank https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ANBmxXUY74JlmhFDmc5cwQ08:45 Japan’s H3 Failure09:59 Space Balloonshttps://www.universetoday.com/160415/want-to-soar-to-the-stratosphere-japan-joins-the-balloon-tourism-race/11:03 Mysterious Blobhttps://www.universetoday.com/160318/a-mysterious-blob-near-the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole-might-finally-have-an-explanation/12:20 Support us on Patreon13:14 Hubble Drops Below Starlinkhttps://www.universetoday.com/160405/hubbles-orbit-has-dropped-so-far-that-starlink-satellites-are-photobombing-its-images/15:01 Hubble VS Romanhttps://www.universetoday.com/160387/it-would-take-hubble-85-years-to-match-what-nancy-grace-roman-will-see-in-63-days/16:43 Juno’s Flyby of Iohttps://www.universetoday.com/160400/just-dropped-new-close-up-images-of-io-from-juno-with-more-to-come/17:44 A Bright Comet for 2024https://www.universetoday.com/160400/just-dropped-new-close-up-images-of-io-from-juno-with-more-to-come/19:08 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/4_u2xxfZ8Vs📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

Making habitats from available materials will be a big part of Mars missions. One of the 2023 NIAC awards explored the possibility of growing structures on Mars with the help of fungi and bacteria. We're discussing this project with Dr Congrui Jin.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday👉 More about the NIAC award: https://www.universetoday.com/159635/instead-of-building-structures-on-mars-we-could-grow-them-with-the-help-of-bacteria/00:00 Intro01:21 Growing Structures on Mars08:37 Self-healing materials10:40 Using this tech on Earth12:36 Next steps17:44 When can we expect it22:02 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/roSoBS0qo1g📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

How long can a modern spacecraft last on Venus? How to develop electronics, batteries and other things that can survive these harsh conditions? What could the lifespan of such a mission be? We discuss all that with Dr Tibor Kremic from NASA Glenn Research Center. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro01:17 How bad Venus really is03:27 What it takes to last on Venus06:40 Chips that can survive on Venus13:59 Batteries for Venus18:45 Time-based measurements of Venus23:03 Moving on the surface of Venus 26:32 Clockwork rovers30:30 High-temperature solar cells33:00 Advantages of Venus42:29 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/iVtquFgZ2pQ📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

How many stars did our radio signals reach? How to visualize the expansion of the Universe? Can we save the Earth from the Sun's red giant phase? How can we tell that an object has interstellar origin? All this and more in this week's Q&A!🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Start01:02 [Tatooine] If the Sun is white, are sunspots really black?05:19 [Coruscant] How many stars did our radio signals reach?08:51 [Hoth] How do gravitational assists work?11:43 [Naboo] How to visualize the expansion of the Universe?13:35 [Kamino] How will the Mars sample return mission find all the dropped tubes?16:27 [Bespin] Can Earth survive the Red Giant phase of the Sun?20:16 [Mustafar] What effect will a supernova have on nearby stars?21:51 [Alderaan] Should the US continue to explore space?24:16 [Dagobah] Can we time travel with a wormhole?26:59 [Yavin] What killed the Chinese Mars rover?29:32 [Mandalore] How does light pollution work?33:04 [Geonosis] How can we tell that an object is interstellar?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/izgLlgeJH-0📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

How do you plan a trip through the Solar System? What are the orbital mechanics tools that can be used for that? How can all that be used to intercept an interstellar visitor like Oumuamua?🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00:00 Intro00:01:15 Orbital mechanics00:08:50 Planning missions to outer planets00:11:15 Special orbits00:14:40 Gravitational assists 00:20:45 Going to the Sun00:24:40 Lowest energy highways00:27:44 Going to asteroids00:34:10 Intercepting interstellar objects00:41:07 Propulsion systems00:52:40 What would a realistic mission look like01:00:30 Interstellar sample return 01:03:14 Galactic orbits01:07:37 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/PxYecl2QvT0📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

Hubble shows us exactly what happened after DART’s impact, a new way to clean off lunar regolith, seeing the same supernova at three different times in a gravitational lens, and a new version of Starlink launches. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro00:15 Hubble's View of DARThttps://www.universetoday.com/160346/remember-the-dart-impact-hubble-made-a-movie-of-the-debris/01:54 Fixing Moon's Dust Problemhttps://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2023/02/28/liquid-nitrogen-spray-could-clean-up-stubborn-moon-dust/04:39 Astronomers Saw an Exoplanet Exactly Where Expectedhttps://www.universetoday.com/160247/astronomers-suspected-there-should-be-a-planet-here-and-then-they-took-a-picture-of-it/06:23 JWST and the Epoch of Reionizationhttps://www.universetoday.com/160288/the-james-webb-is-getting-closer-to-finding-what-ionized-the-universe/08:34 Webb's Triple Gravitational Lenshttps://www.universetoday.com/160353/jwst-sees-the-same-supernova-three-times-in-an-epic-gravitational-lens/09:58 The Planet That Shouldn’t Existhttps://www.universetoday.com/160278/the-planet-that-shouldnt-exist/11:44 NIAC Month on the Channel12:44 Starlink V2 Mini13:55 Crew-6 Launch14:55 Replacement Soyuz Reaches ISShttps://www.universetoday.com/160292/a-replacement-soyuz-arrives-safely-at-the-international-space-station/16:23 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/mRs7Xh1mDqU📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

In this interview, I'm talking with Shawn Buckley who is the Senior Director of Engineering at Sierra Space. We talk about the development of their LIFE module, discuss how inflatable habitats can change space exploration and what part they play in humanity's space future.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro01:32 Burst tests02:50 What is the LIFE Module08:00 Working with NASA09:11 Risks of inflatable habitats15:33 Inside the module18:39 Deployment in space25:14 Project timeframe27:20 Future applications39:29 Humanity in space41:06 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/C3bd4fdY3DY📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast